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In 1962, the former Zion Lutheran Church at Monroe and Willow streets was being transformed into a playhouse for the Stockton Civic Theater. The first production there would be “The Miracle Worker.” RECORD FILE 1962

Stockton’s elevation — 14 feet — hasn’t changed since Public Works Department employees T.J. Newman, left, and Pete Reed loaded signs into a truck to be placed around the city in April 1970. But the city’s population? It’s roughly tripled. RECORD FILE 1970

During this construction in this photo, taken on June 10, 1970, workers put steel girders over the Stockton Channel for what would become the West Side Freeway. Today, we know it as Interstate 5. RECORD FILE

A young bicyclist watches as a car is pulled out of water gathered at the Bianchi Road underpass of El Dorado Street on Sept. 29, 1976. According to a city public works employee, the city pumps were not able to handle the amount of rainfall that hit Stockton that day.